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<h2 CLASS=sect1><A CLASS="TITLE" NAME="JNUT2-CH-18-SECT-44">18.44 java.awt.MenuItem (JDK 1.0)</A></h2>

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This class encapsulates a menu item with a specified textual
label.  A <tt CLASS=literal>MenuItem</tt> can be added to a menu pane with
the <tt CLASS=literal>Menu.add()</tt> method.  The <tt CLASS=literal>disable()</tt> method
makes an item non-selectable; you might use it to "gray-out"
a menu item when the command it represents is not valid in
the current context.  The <tt CLASS=literal>enable()</tt> method makes an
item selectable again.
In Java 1.1, use <tt CLASS=literal>setActionCommand()</tt> to specify an
identifying string that is included in
<tt CLASS=literal>ActionEvent</tt> events generated by the menu item.

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public class <tt CLASS=literal>MenuItem</tt> extends MenuComponent {
    // <tt CLASS=literal>Public Constructors</tt>
        <b>1.1</b>  public <tt CLASS=literal>MenuItem</tt>();
            public <tt CLASS=literal>MenuItem</tt>(String <tt CLASS=literal>label</tt>);
        <b>1.1</b>  public <tt CLASS=literal>MenuItem</tt>(String <tt CLASS=literal>label</tt>, MenuShortcut <tt CLASS=literal>s</tt>);
    // <tt CLASS=literal>Public Instance Methods</tt>
        <b>1.1</b>  public synchronized void <tt CLASS=literal>addActionListener</tt>(ActionListener <tt CLASS=literal>l</tt>);
            public void <tt CLASS=literal>addNotify</tt>();
        <b>1.1</b>  public void <tt CLASS=literal>deleteShortcut</tt>();
        #   public synchronized void <tt CLASS=literal>disable</tt>();
        #   public synchronized void <tt CLASS=literal>enable</tt>();
        #   public void <tt CLASS=literal>enable</tt>(boolean <tt CLASS=literal>b</tt>);
        <b>1.1</b>  public String <tt CLASS=literal>getActionCommand</tt>();
            public String <tt CLASS=literal>getLabel</tt>();
        <b>1.1</b>  public MenuShortcut <tt CLASS=literal>getShortcut</tt>();
            public boolean <tt CLASS=literal>isEnabled</tt>();
            public String <tt CLASS=literal>paramString</tt>();  //<tt CLASS=literal> Overrides MenuComponent</tt>
        <b>1.1</b>  public synchronized void <tt CLASS=literal>removeActionListener</tt>(ActionListener <tt CLASS=literal>l</tt>);
        <b>1.1</b>  public void <tt CLASS=literal>setActionCommand</tt>(String <tt CLASS=literal>command</tt>);
        <b>1.1</b>  public synchronized void <tt CLASS=literal>setEnabled</tt>(boolean <tt CLASS=literal>b</tt>);
            public synchronized void <tt CLASS=literal>setLabel</tt>(String <tt CLASS=literal>label</tt>);
        <b>1.1</b>  public void <tt CLASS=literal>setShortcut</tt>(MenuShortcut <tt CLASS=literal>s</tt>);
    // <tt CLASS=literal>Protected Instance Methods</tt>
        <b>1.1</b>  protected final void <tt CLASS=literal>disableEvents</tt>(long <tt CLASS=literal>eventsToDisable</tt>);
        <b>1.1</b>  protected final void <tt CLASS=literal>enableEvents</tt>(long <tt CLASS=literal>eventsToEnable</tt>);
        <b>1.1</b>  protected void <tt CLASS=literal>processActionEvent</tt>(ActionEvent <tt CLASS=literal>e</tt>);
        <b>1.1</b>  protected void <tt CLASS=literal>processEvent</tt>(AWTEvent <tt CLASS=literal>e</tt>);  //<tt CLASS=literal> Overrides MenuComponent</tt>
}
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<h3 CLASS=sect2><A CLASS="TITLE" NAME="JNUT2-CH-18-SECT-44.2">Hierarchy:</A></h3>

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<tt CLASS=literal>Object->MenuComponent(Serializable)->MenuItem</tt>

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<tt CLASS=literal>CheckboxMenuItem, 
Menu</tt>

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<tt CLASS=literal>Menu.add(), 
Menu.insert(), 
MenuPeer.addItem(), 
Toolkit.createMenuItem()</tt>

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<tt CLASS=literal>Menu.add(), 
Menu.getItem(), 
MenuBar.getShortcutMenuItem()</tt>

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